tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8338304316557884591..comments2024-03-28T09:12:53.440-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Odysseus' rescuer / SAT 2-10-18 / Marvel series depicting Tet Offensive with The / Beer pong receptacle / Tracy Jenna's boss on 30 Rock / Serial podcast host Sarah / Backdrop to AMC's Walking Dead / Bauhaus-influenced typeface / Oenophile's criterionRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75979961487278964092018-04-03T19:11:46.372-04:002018-04-03T19:11:46.372-04:00Well, I would have finished this easily if ancho a...Well, I would have finished this easily if ancho and adobo didn't both fit so neatly into the NW corner. Dang it.Vinniegrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09297248255249473427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90555249376052540532018-03-24T05:04:06.028-04:002018-03-24T05:04:06.028-04:00A fun, tough, satisfying Saturday. Got it eventual...A fun, tough, satisfying Saturday. Got it eventually, NW was the last to go. KOENIG, ANCHO slowed me down. 20a.didn't work for me. I got ONE HALF with the crosses. The "<" less than sign and two dashes wasn't necessary. I solved online. Maybe it looked better on paper. I like the NICOLE ECOLI crossing—it sort of mirrors the SANCHO ANCHO crossing in the opposite corner! 61a. I had HEE for HEH, so URIAH gave me a "heep" of trouble.<br /><br />I have no "LOVE" for A MO. {or ammo for that matter!}Zombie Jesus the Redeemernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29631477346763399982018-03-18T21:59:16.377-04:002018-03-18T21:59:16.377-04:00To WC - Popped out is acceptable in baseball jargo...To WC - Popped out is acceptable in baseball jargon. "Out" was in the clue. But yes - popped up is probably more common.<br /><br />DNF - I must disagree with Michael that this was on the easy side but of course that depends on the experience of the solver. I would give it a difficult rating. Difficult, but good construction. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28429028514182004372018-03-17T15:07:02.486-04:002018-03-17T15:07:02.486-04:00Tough spots all over the place, including:
In th...Tough spots all over the place, including:<br /><br />In the NW -- OKSO/KOENIG cross.<br />In the NE -- AMO/OPERA cross.<br />In the middle -- FUTURA/PREOPS/ETRE crosses.<br />In the SW -- RARAAVIS.<br />In the SE -- SWIFFER over SOLOCUP.<br /><br />DNF, but got more than ONEHALF of it before ditching.<br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82356157490148112192018-03-17T14:49:28.959-04:002018-03-17T14:49:28.959-04:00Oy vey, a single letter DNF here. In the NW, natc...Oy vey, a single letter DNF here. In the NW, natch. I reasoned that Oh, SO worked for 1D. Didn't even consider the 'K' even though I realize that KOENIG is a name I've heard. One person's KOENIG is another's hOENIG. Don't know who that is in any case.<br /><br />I had no arrow for 20A, but immediately wrote in ONE HALF anyway. I was also lucky with the Pulitzer prize winner, vacillating between LIN and LeN and just guessing. <br /><br />Coupla side-eyes: oenophiles always have "bouquet" as a criterion. Never heard a true wine expert use the term AROMA. Also, to me, LIBATIONS are part of any round, not just celebratory ones. Kinda green paintish there.<br /><br />Despite the DNF, I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle. <br />Oh, one other thing I had to fight through. I knew that ORGAN was called for at 1A, but the "player" would be the ORGANist, not the ORGAN, no?rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26178464267111412862018-03-17T14:08:59.659-04:002018-03-17T14:08:59.659-04:00OTOH - forgot to mention:
GO UNIVERSITY OF MARYLA...OTOH - forgot to mention:<br /><br />GO UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY<br /><br />How often do you get to say that?<br /><br />Lady DiDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23255543112606085512018-03-17T13:04:15.856-04:002018-03-17T13:04:15.856-04:00EATATHOME RULES
In HASTE, URIAH STOODUP ASIFTOSAY...EATATHOME RULES<br /><br />In HASTE, URIAH STOODUP ASIFTOSAY,<br />"OWE, WHATATRIP, but are we LATE?"<br />APRIL said, "INALLPROBABILITY, but HEH,<br />te AMO, AYE like how your ORGAN TATE."<br /><br />--- SANCHO ANCHO ASADA SWIFFERBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14774049349883726892018-03-17T12:58:29.392-04:002018-03-17T12:58:29.392-04:00Arrow? What arrow? Try a dot. A period? Decima...Arrow? What arrow? Try a dot. A period? Decimal? Partial ellipses? Piece of dirt? Like the fake man-bump of a Ken doll, it holds the "space" but is otherwise lacking. And no help in puzzle solving. It did not "stand up" to puzzle-cluing scrutiny. <br /><br />OTOH, I am prouder than proud for the bits, pieces, and areas that I did complete. Especially the middle stacks, which were the "easiest" part for me. <br /><br />Easy? Yeah - like understanding Stephen Hawking's (RIP) explanation of the universe. Just sit there and nod, 'cause you are pretty sure it's all in English.<br /><br />What a puzzling week!<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85943151465094354182018-03-17T12:36:23.116-04:002018-03-17T12:36:23.116-04:00DNF: #%(&^%$%#@%^ NW again!!!!! No earthly ide...DNF: #%(&^%$%#@%^ NW again!!!!! No earthly idea about ANYTHING in that section except gimme SANCHO. They apparently can't print a left arrow in my paper; don't know if I'd have gotten that it pointed to the clue number (!) anyway. The first symbol I saw was a boxed X. They shoulda put TWO X's, then maybe I'd have had a chance.<br /><br />No clue who Sarah is; hell, I don't even know what a "podcast" is. I was never going to get OKSO, GENET, or NIHAO. Or, ROANS off that clue, either. Multiple naticks; totally unfair. And STOODUP? For? I guess: Stand up, stand up for [the REDEEMER]. But really, STOODUP usually means just the opposite, as what used to happen to me on dates.<br /><br />I asked this one girl out in college; we made the date; I showed up at the arranged time (5 minutes early, even) and her roommate came down and told me she'd left for the evening. Seems I didn't "call to confirm." That idea was foreign to me. I make a date, I'LL BE THERE. I'll call if an emergency came up and I CAN'T be there. I had no idea this was a "thing." Absurd, by the way I was brought up. Your word is your bond, or you are nothing.<br /><br />Digression over. INALLPROBABILITY, RARAAVIS NICOLE would win DOD, pending a look at this Sarah chick. Yessir, I'd take her across the STATELINE. WHATATRIP!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49190916583315520332018-03-17T12:04:21.675-04:002018-03-17T12:04:21.675-04:00Nope. DNF in the NW. Nothing N or W of STOODUP/GOL...Nope. DNF in the NW. Nothing N or W of STOODUP/GOLDENPEN. Due in large part to the clue for ONEHALF having a ? instead of a left arrow in the St.PPP. So I will leave the blame there. INALLPROBABILITY, ZOMBIEAPOCALYPSE was the REDEEMER for the rest of the puz which was totally clean except for the short-lived Har for HEH.<br /><br />Not knowing of Ms. KOENIG, yeah baby NICOLE Kidman gets hers today.<br /><br />Just checked the Mpls. Star-Trib and they had the left arrow pointing to 20 instead of the ?. Hate to give them props, but the Pioneer Press puz page has had its issues lately. I think they OWE me. Nice puz otherwise.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11097173453384156992018-02-18T00:32:28.814-05:002018-02-18T00:32:28.814-05:00You're right, but the puzzle is right too.
64...You're right, but the puzzle is right too. <br />64 hex is 100 decimal, but 64 decimal is 100 octal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32300999842847715082018-02-12T15:55:34.396-05:002018-02-12T15:55:34.396-05:00The clue is for 20A. The left arrow is referring t...The clue is for 20A. The left arrow is referring to the number of the clue, thus implying that the clue should be read as “20 / 40”, which equals one-half.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15382549468151414684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49269691443529762982018-02-12T00:02:00.656-05:002018-02-12T00:02:00.656-05:00The arrow points to the number 20...20 divided by ...The arrow points to the number 20...20 divided by 40 = 1/2.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06277660034448660502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89866262108425089082018-02-11T15:33:53.135-05:002018-02-11T15:33:53.135-05:00Duh!, found the explanation of one-half. Duh!, found the explanation of one-half. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295372560842204747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76209216972655593302018-02-11T15:31:36.210-05:002018-02-11T15:31:36.210-05:00And the next time a baseball aficionado says a bat...And the next time a baseball aficionado says a batter “popped” will be the first time. <br />The term is popped-up. Foamfollowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091642781949920488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4005197304893354242018-02-11T15:04:10.903-05:002018-02-11T15:04:10.903-05:00Can, and did, look it up. You can fly out. But e...Can, and did, look it up. You can fly out. But every game report on the past tense of fly out, and discussion on it supports flied out. Or flew out.Steve fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16233482249115914902018-02-11T14:57:10.433-05:002018-02-11T14:57:10.433-05:00Re: one half. I got the answer but do not underst...Re: one half. I got the answer but do not understand the reference. Can anyone explain? ThanksSteve fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2565196134044546612018-02-11T09:40:37.876-05:002018-02-11T09:40:37.876-05:00Rare DNF for me. The proper nouns in the Northwest...Rare DNF for me. The proper nouns in the Northwest killed me. I knew *none* of them!Carolynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05502741459456288445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53103726011951545262018-02-10T23:17:24.827-05:002018-02-10T23:17:24.827-05:00I will gladly help moderating comments. I'm a ...I will gladly help moderating comments. I'm a newbie here, and I'm sure there are people who spend more time on the site than I do so they can be first in line, but I've dealt with trolls for 8+ years now on my other blogs so yeah, I will come prepared.semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38092913204676829322018-02-10T22:53:46.076-05:002018-02-10T22:53:46.076-05:00Applications for blog moderator positions now bein...Applications for blog moderator positions now being accepted. Let me know.<br /><br />MDS / RexRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73349741179352770512018-02-10T22:33:19.860-05:002018-02-10T22:33:19.860-05:00Very good puzzle. Some slightly bumpy patches, but...Very good puzzle. Some slightly bumpy patches, but any time you give me a smooth Saturday, I'll appreciate the frak out of it. Also, I read the constructor's note and it was Will Shortz who turned into a worse puzzle than it was, so I don't want to punish the brilliant constructor here. The original clue for ZOMBIEAPOCALYPSE was dope.<br /><br />Some 3-letter words would have been better avoided, and I can see why some people would think some parts were simply unsolvable. The trivia was right up my alley, but if the phrase "Hi this is Sarah Koenig" hadn't been permanently etched in my brain, or if I weren't an enthusiastic consumer of Mexican (or Tex-Mex) cuisine, this would have been rough.<br /><br />But yeah, the triple stack at the center is amazing. My hiccup was the RARAAVIS part. I had MOLE for the burrowing animal, and the word "informally" in the MLBDRAFT clue threw me off (there is another MLB event that has an informal name?) I decided to frak all, put in MLBDRAFT in pen and played the alphabet game for the rest of RARAAVIS and voila, finally I was done.<br /><br /><b>GRADE:</b> A-, 4.2 stars. semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15602863725308113702018-02-10T22:29:34.626-05:002018-02-10T22:29:34.626-05:00Rex-- the Sickos have taken over and turned your b...Rex-- the Sickos have taken over and turned your blog into a festering cesspool. They come here because they can. They don't go to xword and Wordplay. I should think you'd really want to stop them. Much as it pains me to say it, it IS time to moderate again.Regretfullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17292581017239485812018-02-10T21:48:01.081-05:002018-02-10T21:48:01.081-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73544528714187018262018-02-10T21:36:20.909-05:002018-02-10T21:36:20.909-05:00I think that this puzzle was hard, not easy-medium...I think that this puzzle was hard, not easy-medium. I had to consult with Professor Google four times, but with those answers, gave me enough letters so I could finish it. But easy? Nope.<br /><br />Also, this group should be moderated. Comments that are racist, sexist and homophobia just don't belong here, and the hostility doesn't either.<br /><br />We're doing puzzles here and discussing them. Don't need trolls and their hostility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12017895041088109682018-02-10T17:07:06.523-05:002018-02-10T17:07:06.523-05:00Another show-offy attempt at (failed) cleverness. ...Another show-offy attempt at (failed) cleverness. LATE APRIL? You've got to be kidding.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.com